This scenario might sound familiar: you’ve packed up your cooler with beer and ice, you get to your picnic site, and you realize you forgot a bottle opener so you’re forced to improvise. You can easily avoid that scenario by attaching one to your cooler. »7/02/15 3:00pm 7/02/15 3:00pm

Once you become adept at grilling, a smoker is usually the next step up in outdoor cooking. Most big box retailers sell inexpensive smokers for under $300 from Char-Broil, Brinkmann, and Weber. These smokers are functional, but leave a lot to be desired in terms of smoking performance. With a few simple modifications,… »5/20/15 3:01pm 5/20/15 3:01pm

Our good old friend, the amazing master chef Raymond Blanc, shares the best tips for grilling and barbecuing fish, meat, vegetables, seafood, or even fruit in another set of his mouth-watering recipes. »2/06/15 5:16pm 2/06/15 5:16pm

When you have people over for a garden party, the last thing you want your guests to do is run inside every time they need flatware, drinks, or napkins. Create a refill station and you can save time and effort. »7/31/14 7:30am 7/31/14 7:30am

With the summer grilling season upon us, you may be looking for the perfect backyard cooking surface for your next cookout, or you may just have strong opinions on which grills do the best job at helping a skilled cook turn out the best dishes. Whichever it is, we asked you for your picks for the best grills on the… »6/16/13 8:00am 6/16/13 8:00am

The summer grilling season is heating up, and if you're thinking about a cookout for the upcoming July 4th holiday, you might be shopping around for a new grill. Alternatively, you may just love the one you used on Memorial Day. Either way, we want to know which backyard grills you think are the best in class. »6/13/13 2:30pm 6/13/13 2:30pm

Just in time for Memorial Day weekend, our friends over at The Wirecutter have weighed in on the topic of gas grills. They say the Weber Spirit E-210 is the one for your backyard, and praise it for its build quality, wide availability, and most importantly, how well it grills a nice steak. »5/24/13 4:30am 5/24/13 4:30am

If you're on a camping or just grilling on your back deck and need to start charcoal briquettes you can place a dozen briquettes in a cardboard egg carton, light that carton, and by the time the cardboard is completely burnt away the briquettes should be sufficiently lit. »12/23/12 12:00pm 12/23/12 12:00pm

If you want to up the performance of your small charcoal grill consider hacking it to use a chimney-shaped charcoal starter to hold the burning charcoal instead of the normal charcoal bed of the grill. This mod will raise the temperatures, reduce cooking times, and by concentrating the heat it reduces the amount of… »9/03/12 7:00am 9/03/12 7:00am

You don't want to run out of propane halfway through your outdoor dinner party. Culinary weblog Chow shares a quick way to estimate how much propane is left in your tank; disconnect the tank from your grill and pour a glass of warm water along one side of the tank—areas with with propane will absorb the heat from… »7/15/12 3:00pm 7/15/12 3:00pm

If you're doing some backyard grilling this weekend, or inviting friends over for the 4th next week, you'll probably dedicate part of some outdoor table to condiments: mustard or relish for the hot dogs or sausages maybe mayo or ketchup for the burgers. Here's one way to Help your guests get just what they want and… »6/29/12 8:00am 6/29/12 8:00am

Make no mistake, most gas grills are hot enough already, but if yours is a little on the old side or you're having trouble getting it hot enough to cook your food, here's a simple way to hack your grill: pack lava rocks around the burners. You won't make the actual grill run hotter, but you will retain much more heat… »6/29/12 4:00am 6/29/12 4:00am

Sausages may seem like the one food you don't need instructions for grilling, but actually much can go wrong. Sausages burst, burn on the outside while staying raw in the center, or shrivel up. Serious Eats' meticulous experiments show how to cook the perfect sausage: by poaching and grilling at the same time. »5/31/12 8:30am 5/31/12 8:30am

Many grilling aficionados don't try grilling large fish such as salmon, tuna, or shark as they're afraid the fish will stick to the grill. Culinary site Chow.com recommends using the 70/30 rule when grilling fish: cook the flesh side down first for 70% of the total cooking time, then flip the fish over to the skin… »2/04/12 2:00pm 2/04/12 2:00pm

It's barbecue season, and that means its time to review our grilling strategies. Esquire's "Eat Like a Man Grilling Awards" rounds up some top tips from chefs, butchers, and enthusiasts, like this suggestion for cooking sausage for a crowd. »5/27/11 9:00am 5/27/11 9:00am